The given graphs compare different ways of travelling back and forth from workplace to home of people in a city in Europe between 1959 and 2009.
Generally spoken in 1959, walking was the most popular kind of transport, while in 2009, the trend changed into travelling by cars. Moreover, the rapid change of the standard transporting distance led to a longer regular moving time within 50 years.
Turning to the details, year 1959 illustrated that people in the city mostly used to go to work on foot and they held a proportion of more than a half in overall, but in 2009, the ratio harshly dropped down to only one-fourths. Using public transports such as buses and trains shared the same number during half a century, as uses of trains remained unchanged, while it was just a bit different in travelling by bus. Cars were not widely used in 1959 as it was a tiny amount of 10%, but then it made a significant increase to 35% in 2009, meanwhile other ways of moving to work kept a minor role in city during that time.
Passing through the other comparison, the moderate distance was only 3.5 kilometers in 1959, but in 2009 it gradually jumped up to nearly 5 times as mentioned. Therefore, the average time using for moving made an impressive increase from 17 to 29 minutes.